Drug Information - print & online sources

The drug life-cycle from Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials

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Introduction

See also:

• Core Titles in Medical Reference
• How to search the pharmaceutical literature
• Top Information Sources in Biomedicine, 2012
• UBC Pharmacy Handout 2012

Type of drug information	Type of resource	Access	Provider
Adverse Drug Reactions
e-CPS	Drug ebook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1147
Canadian Adverse Reaction Reporting Program	Reporting "MedEffect™"	http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/medeff/report-declaration/index-eng.php http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/medeff/bulletin/index_e.html
Institute for Safe Medicines Practice Canada	Website	http://www.ismp-canada.org
Canadian drug availability/ Identification/ Evaluation
Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health	Database	http://www.cadth.ca
Drug Product Database (Health Canada)	Database	http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/drugs-dpd/ or http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/databasdon/index-eng.php
e-CPS	Drug ebook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1147
Notice of Compliance Search	Database	http://webprod3.hc-sc.gc.ca/noc-ac/index-eng.jsp
Ottawa Valley Regional Drug Information Service	Database	http://www.asksam.com/ovrdis/product.htm	OVRDIS Product Availability Database
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials.gov	Database	http://clinicaltrials.gov/
The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	Database	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/619	Cochrane Collaboration via OvidSP
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)	Database	http://www.phrma.org/	PhRMA
Drug advisories
AHFS Drug Information	Textbook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1664
Daily Med (Current Medication Information)	Databases	http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm	National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal	Portal	http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp	National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Drug interactions
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference	eBook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1664
Medscape Drug Interaction Tracker	Website	http://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker
Stockley’s Drug Interactions	eBook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1664
Herbal interactions
MedlinePlus Herbal	Website	http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herbalmedicine.html
PubMed search now	MeSH search "Drug-Herb Interactions"	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=%22Herb-Drug+Interactions%22[Mesh]
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database	Textbook	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3802142
Review of Natural Products	eBook	http://resources.library.ubc.ca/440	STAT!Ref
Vaccination information
B.C. Immunization Schedules	Website	http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/immunization.stm
Canadian Immunization Guide	Website	http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/
Immunize B.C.	Website	http://www.immunizebc.ca	Government of British Columbia

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• Evidence-informed public health: start-here
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